Th Stetmctn, SaUm. Qraqotv Wo-dnasdcT, March 31, 1841 'Cat Bailers Await Ducks Opener Here Friday; Lillie Works OvalisU Moping that this will be a week when the weather is cooperative, Wlllamettes track and baseball quads are accelerating drills what with initial clashes looming very doe. Coach Johnny Lewis plans to get in plenty of batting sessions for his diamond aspirants in the next couple of days as the 'Cats prime for the season opener, a doubleheader with Oregon's Web foots at Waters park Friday after noon. Lewis figures to give most of his mound staff a chance for ac tion in the two games with right handed fireballer Johnny Slan chick, a second year man. likely to start the nine inning first tilt. Freshman Lou Scrivens, who's im pressed with his stuff in training to date, probably will get the call in the seven inning nightcap. Oth er moundsmen expected to see ac tion are Tom Warren, Fred Rich ardson, Howard Olson and Lowell Yeager. The remainder of the Starting lineup is not yet definite. Meanwhile Jerry Lillie has a somewhat better picture of what his cinder prospects will be fol lowing Saturday's intramural meet. The big hope right now seem to include Bill Reder in the hurdles. Keith Sperry, Bob Bailey and pet hups Bob Johnson in the sprints; Captain Ralph Ohling. dis stame; Jerry Grimm and Benny Lambert, middle distance; Ray Mertx, high jump: Art Beddoe, discus; Jack Russell jnd Ken Jar rett, pole vault; and Bijl Painter, Ja elin. The 'Cat trackmen tentatively Open their campaign in a triangu lar meet at Corvallis Aprrl 10 against Oregon State and P rtUnd U. Aiken to See New U0 Faces EUGENE, March 30 -T)- Ore gun's Webfnots will start spring fcotball training Monday with nine Waftint;;un and California Junior college players on hand. Thee youngsters enrolled for the spring term yesterday. They in clude Fullback Paul Sav-age, Yak ima; Tackle Willard Wintemng er. Wenatchee, and seven from California. Also eligible for play next fall will be fne transfers from sen ior colleges. They include John McKav. halfback at Purdue in 194; S-m Nevills. tackle on the same team, and Jim Aiken, jr.. son of Coach Jim Aiken, who was a Nevada quarterback for two sensor.?. Iafs Increase Lead BOSTON. March 30 - iT - The championship Toronto Maple L'rafs defeated the Boston Bruins 8-1 tonight for their third straight j National hockey league playoff tri- umph. On their cuirent form, the Leafs are top-heavy favorites to wind up this best-of-seven post season competition in straight games here Thursday night. A man with s major problem these days Is Slats Gill, Oregon State's magically Inclined basketball boss. The accomplished Slats, truly one of the finest In the land st his profession, has the neighbor ing village of Corvallis. snd particularly that part of lit devoted to the college. In a dither as he ponders a decision Indeed Important both to himself and Oregon State basketball. Slats is now making np his mind whether to remain st Beavrrville or to accept a lush offer to take over the basketball rein st I CLA. There was another offer made to the bo: famed Gill, from Minnesota of the Big Nine. Bat I'CLA, personified by Wilbur Jones, the Bruin athletic director who recently resigned ss cage coach, seems to be going sll out to get the guy who for many of Ms 2o yesrs st Oregon State has habitually made something of nothing In the northern division GUI's problem is s dandy. He at established st Corvallis. I per haps for the rest of his coaching lafe and he has his homo snd famly there. He has been sn Ore geolan sll hit life. Next season the Beavers hope to play their games In the new lt.ttt rapacity gym nasium, the latest thing for bas ketball in the northwest, and cer tainly a Slats Gill dream come true. The material will be good enough, after what he did with sophomores last winter, to rate the Beavers ss top-grade for the 1949 chase. And no doubt Gill has picked off a handsome raise In pay for his latest deeds. In short, all is little abort of roses for the former Salem high schooler at Corvallis now. Iore to UCLA Would Be an Advancement On the other hand. Slats doesn't want Oregon State to depend a poo him for basketball at the school. The school itself and the alumni should shoulder his responsibility. Like anyone elsej advancement la his profession Is a natural pursuit. And stepping into a huge and energetic school that Is IXLA. with a healthy paycheck banked every soar Is advancement. There would be pressure from the alamnl for sure. There would be other musts In the Los Angeles metropolis that are far behind Slats at Corvallis. He could step) la there and, aw the strength of winning teams, be properly and publicly aeeoladed so one of the country's finest coaches. Then again be eosdd find that metropolitan life lant for him after so many ; years In Corvallis. Dig Pou-Wotv It on This Week Rill mrsa - mmmLm. llk Perhaps nothing will be said of It should he decide to remain at OSC Bat If he moves on. well . At least lis a major problem Slats is grappling with now. perhaps the most important he will ever encounter. The grass seems always greener on the other aide, but yon never know Just how It will taste. .: No northwestemer would like to see Gill go south, with the possible exception of some of his competitors. Bat as mentioned, the gutter aad glamor that Is Los Angeles snd L'CLA would be an advance ment for a deserving roach, aad few coald blame Slats If he weaL Oregon State officials must feel the same way. Bat we'D bet they are flashing a pretty penny at Mr. G. la hopes he answers the UCLA bid with a "no thanks, I'm happy aortas Solons Hold By Al Lightoer COKVALUS, March 3 -(Special) - Salem's baseball Senators nestled from a chamber of com merce welcoming ilancheea at aooa here today to a three-hour practice session on Coleman field, the first fall-scale werk oot Manager Jackj Wilson has held since opening the camp Monday. Almost S assorted as pirants arc bow lit camp, and all were given whirls at either batting, pitching, fielding and picking np tips from Wilson and helper Moose Clabaogh. Five more regulars checked Into csmp today, bit the Jmme sniate status of one Is very much In question. The newcomers are Third-Baseman Mel Nunes, who hit .275 last season; Catcher Bus ter McMillan, the big backstop who had the two fine seasons In Brown to Box Cal Robinson Chuck (Kid) Brown, the sen sational Portland lightweight who last week waltzed to an easy kayo win over George Mazi in two heats, comes back a; in to headline Matchmaker Tex Sal keld's armory fistic show next Wednesday night, April 7. And this time Brown goes in with a gent who himself totes consider able of a kayo wallop. Rugged little Cal Robinson of Seattle is Brown's opponent. The hard-hitting negro, who holds a decbion over Brown in the past year, and went to a draw with him in another mix, cruised in with a knockout win last week abo. He made short work of Jimmy Jackley of Portland in their prelim bout, smashing out a kayo in S3 seconds of the first round. That impressive win, plus the fact that Robinson has done so well in fighting Brown in the past, gave him next week's main er with the rapidly rising Brown. Salkeld also has signed three Salem battlers for spots on next week's card, both Dick and Dean Abney and Howard Mendenhall. Their opponents will be named later. Dean Abney and Menden hall racked up wins on the last show. Vikings Gird For Silvertons With the campaign opener at Silverton set for Friday, Coach Harold Hank and his Salem high baseballers this week are attempt ing to make up for drill periods cancelled out by wet grounds. The Viks yesterday went through heavy batting and infield work outs and plan more of same for today. Hauk's top pitching can didates .Eldon Caley, a senior and Sophs Jim Moore and Jim Rock probably will see action at Silver- ton. A partial picture of the rest of the lineup shows Del Kleen at first; Cliff Girod second; Waldo. Unruh at short; and Carlos Houck in the catching spot. SLATS GILL ! mWI l.l-l- IVU here." Long Drill; More the Southern association and Texas league; Second-Baseman Al Spacter. a JttZ hitter last se tter who had been looking sharp in the Riverside camp ear lier this spring; Pitcher Bob Ste venson, the hard-throwing ae juisition from the St Louis Browns organisation, and Vineo Laser, whose It wins and six losses was tops la the WIL last year. And It is Lasor who carries the big question mark. Be has not yet decided whether to return to baseball or remain on a well paying Job at his home in Ren ton, Wash. He was In civilian clothes today and expects to come to a decision with Business Manager George Emigh tomor row. Should he return home the club will be shy the third mem ber of Its big winning trio of Rarin9 to Go for Solons Big Hunk Anderson (above), 10-game winner for the Salem Senators in 1947, is back again this season and hopes to double bis number of victories. In tip-top shape following a month with the Portland Beavers at Riverside, Anderson Is now with the Solons at their Corvallis camp. Oilers, Wildcats NEW YORK, March 3-P-Kentucky, a lightning-fast bas ketball team, meets the Phillips Oilers, a toweringly tall team, tomorrow night in the Olympic tryout finals. There is complete agreement on two points. 1 Both coaches think the Oilers will win. 2 Both teams will contribute five men to the Olympic bas ketball squad. "They've got too much experience and height for us," said Coach Adolph Rupp of Kentucky's national collegiate champions. "I honestly don't think we can win. If we do. It will be a miracle." "In the long run we will make less mistakes than Kentucky," said Coach Bud Browning of the National A.A.U. champion Oilers. Kentucky's first team averages 6 feet 2 15 inches. The start ing Oilers average nearly feet S inches. With the experts, the Oilers are favored by a couple of points. As a preliminary to tomorrow night's big game In Madison Square Garden, for which a sellout crowd of 1S.406 Is assured, Baylor meets the Denver Nuggets In a consolation game at 8 pan.. EST. The other four men to round out the squad will come from the other teams In the tournament two from the A.A.U. side of the bracket, and two from the college side. Hart Captures Bicep Tourney Fireball Frankie Hart, by first dishing up an A-l grappling lesson to Jack Lipscomb in the final brawl, and then plucking off a very popularly accepted decision, last night won the 8-man "sudden death" elimination mat tourna ment at the armory. The popular Irishman had previously waded through Buck Weaver and Gordy Hessell to reach the final tussle. Lipscomb had roughed his way by George Curtis and Joe Lynam. In the opening round Lynam decisioned Paavo Katonen, Lips comb spilled Curtis, Hart deci sioned Weaver and Hessell flop ped Sammy Kohen. Then Lips comb threw Lynam and Hart used a spectacular Dutch wind mill hold on Hessell in the semi finals. In the finale Hart met Lipscomb at his own game, and threw in a large assortment of trickery to boot, and at times made merry with the outclassed tough ie. Two judges, selected from the audience, assisted Referee George Dusette in rendering decisions when necessary. PHOENIX. Arts.. March SO ( AP) Chicago's Cubs scored nine runs In the first two Innings and went on to hand their croutown rivals, the White Sox. a 13-7 exhibition gsmo defeat her today. ' GLOBE. Arts.. March 30 AP Swatting out a fourteen bit attack, the St. Louis Browns broke a seven-game Cleveland exhibition winning streak, 11-5, her today. SARASOTA, na.. March 90 AP Boston's Red Sox smeared their Louis ville Colonel farmhands in aa exhibi tion hall game today, blanking the American association club 13-0. TAMPA. TTa, March 30 AP The Cincinnati Reds extended their win streak to five today as an eight run sixth inning set up an 11-0 vic tory over the Philadelphia Phillies. EL CXNTRO. Calif, March SO (AP) The New York Giants cam from be hind to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6 to 4 in an exhibition baseball game here today. 3T Vets Arrive last season, as both Lefties Wan del Mossor and Kenny Wyatt have graduated into faster com pany. Only three more regulars are now absent, and all three are expected . tomorrow. They are Pitcher Tony Klisurs. Shortstop Joe Gedsias and Outfielder Bob Cherry. Gedxius wired Emigh he will arrive tomorrow and the other two are sauntering through California after spending a long period of training with the Port lands at Riverside. Wilson doled ont a fistful of releases today also, to a number of the far-too-many green peas who are trying out. More are due soon, as the squad is much too large. What with only two more weeks in which to fashion his crew, Wilson must whittle it down from its current sise pron to. INDUSTRIAL. LEAGl'I NO. I Culinary Local No. 432 (1) Simmons. Frn 210 134 154 488 McNall, rioyd 173 159 157 489 Nalley. Ralph - 192 140 190 522 Pedcrwn. Pete 144 153 159 56 Elsgaard, L1 185 201 166 552 Walton Brows (2) Sytama. Ray 143 Singer. George 154 Alderin. Harold 137 Walton. Spencer 131 Robertson, Bob 175 160 179 161 140 139 163 486 154 487 11 157 428 1 Shrock Motors (1) Iron. John 171 164 162 182 200 151 180 515 ISO 466 209 592 182 542 190 543 i Ross. Jim 154 Albrica. Joe 161 CWney. John 160 Haugen, Bob 202 Sno Boys (J) - Haagenson. Jack 207 Aleshire. Ray 180 McNeil. Sid 212 Mc Kinney, Mac 158 Bigler, Tony 165 151 ft : 586 162 1 1 459 182 133 473 185 169 519 Pioneer Trust (1) Kirchner 155 Biaucht 164 151 154 178 484 128 446 I Patterson 139 in 178- -434 Main 130 Creasy 115 154 119 403 111 163 389 Keith Brown (2) Hillerich 162 Jacobson 160 Hitch 134 Hughes 168 Sours 173 114 142 418 197 140 497 118 129 381 130 117 195 173- -415 -541 Interstate Tractor No. 1 (1) Brownie Valdez 167 170 190 527 Gray. Robinson 138 153 130 421 Fred Stealer 172 169 155 496 Don Muelhaupt 134 157 174 465 Ed. Pearl 165 157 175 497 Karrs (2) Bert Hart 204 166 171 541 Jack Brent 171 240 184 596 Richard Wherley 129 140 152 421 Fred Karr 164 164 167 495 Floyd Keynon 187 155 172 514 DUCKPIIIS Men's City lesgnc action last night at B A B Bowling cenrts saw Larsen Home s Loan stop Tweedie Oil 3-1: Snnsct Denats shntont Les Newman's, 4-t: Kensington Band , beat Bright Spot. S-l: aad Capo's Used Gars whip Eisner's, 3-L Parker, Capp's. hit a C14 for high series.. Table of Coastal Tides TIDES FOB TAFT. OREGON Tides for Tart. Ore- compiled by O S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Port land. Ore. 1 f. Mar. HIGH WATER XX 417 am. SJ pm. 4-4 LOW WATER 11 0 a.m. f . U:lt p.m. U edbiircOs FOinnks No-Hit TiDft Beveng (Who Else?) and Yankees Victims; Charley Keller 'Okeh9 ST, PETERSBURG, Fla., March JMF)-Murry Dickson, right handed pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals, hurled a nohit, no-run game at the expense of the world champion New York Yankees today. The Cardinals won the exhibition, 7-0. - It was the first no-hitter in the spring exhibition season since the late Cy Blanton of the Pittsburgh Pirates handcuffed the Cleveland Indians 6-0, April 9, 1939 in New Orleans. Dickson, who won 13 and lost 16 for the Cardinals last year, walked five batters today and hit one. He fanned six, in eluding Linus Frey, Ed Stewart and Johnny Lindell who came to the plate in that order in the sixth inning. All of the Cardinal runs came in the first inning off the offerings of Bill Bevens, ailing right-hander who hurled 8 hit less innings in the 1947 world series After the fray it was announced that outfielder Charley Keller, out since last June because of a spinal operation, would be in the Yankees starting lineup on Thurs day in hopes of bolstering the New Yorkers' attack. On that day the Yankees will play the Philadel phia Phils. Cagers Feted, Gill Speaker By Al Lightner The Salem Breakfast club's big basketball banquet was all that and more last night at Maion hotel as over 40 local high school and collegiate cagers 'were given deserved honors for their cam paigns during the season. A ca pacity crowd was in attendance and notables on hand were both numerous and famous. Oregon State Coach Slats Gill was the principal speaker, and gave an extremely interesting as well as educational talk on the sport in general, and on his re cent trip to New York City to attend the National Coaches asso ciation meeting and some of the national playoff games. Other speakers were Spec Keene, di rector of athletics at Oregon State; Ray Clark, owner of the Portland pro Indians; Noble Jor genson, gigantic center on the Portland team; Harry Roos, In dians coach and Breakfa club President Harry Collins. Coaches Harold Hauk of Salem high, Johnny Lewis of Willam ette, Jerry Archer and Ben Schaad of Salem Academy and Bob Perry and Father Lenahan of Sacred Heart Academy introduced their players. The Breakfast club pre sented Hauk and each member of his team with an appropriately engraved silver miniature basket ball in recognition of the Vikings' second place finish in the recent state tournament. Johnny Lewis To Boss Caps Willamette university baseball coach Johnny Lewis, a former pro pitcher, will manage the Sa lem Capitols team in the State league the ooming season, it was announced last night by Curt Ferguson and N. J. Arnold, Wil lamette Amusement company ope rators who sponsor the Caps. Lewis replaces Johnny Kolb, who was team manager last season. A number of the Capitols play ers will be picked from the ranks of Lewis' Bearcat varsity team, and others are expected to be older standbys in and around Salem. Ferguson plans to secure summertime employment for some of the WU athletes who will play on the team. The Capitols will this season play their home games in Waters park. Gridders Get Common Code NEW YORK, March 30-(VFor the first time in 15 years, college and high schoool football will be played under almost identical sets of rules next season, it was die closed tonight. A group of officials meeting here has brought forth a com mon code in which the differ ences between the two -sets of rules have been reduced front some 150 to less than a half dozen and those very minor. The only differences remaining will have to do with the length of quarters, number of substitu tions allowed while the, clock is running, and similar minor mat ters. WHITS LOSE TWO MOSCOW. March 30 -(JPi- The University of Idaho baseball team scraped by Whitman coll lege 3 to 2 in the first game of a dou bleheader today and routed the Missionaries 15 to 1 in the night cap. AT YOOD TAUERH Enjoy the) . light, buoy ant flavor of Columbia tZZ&r rv PDCuSOITD Sevens' Arm Goes Bad Hill Career ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March SMPr-BiU Bevens, the New xors; xanxees Dig rigninander, auu saia ne wouia ass. 10 do sent ailing throwing arm. Through? BILL BEVENS Plagued by Bad Arm Ukes, Gopers Seeking Gill CORVALLIS, March 30 -(JP) Coach Slats Gill, Oregon State's veteran basketball mentor, said today that he had coaching offers from UCLA and Minnesota, and that he was considering one of them. This confirmed rumors current for some time that Gill was look ing around. He returned yesterday from New York, where he at tended the National Basketball Coach's meeting. Aside from confirming that the offers came from these two schools, and that one interested him, he would not comment. It is known that UCLA has been looking for a head coach. Its bas ketball team was soundly defeated twice by the 1947 Oregon State team. The Minnesota berth was vacated by David MacMillan re cently after more than 20 years' occupancy. Williams Sets Title Defense LOS ANGELES. March 30-;p)-World Lightweight Champion Ike Williams of Trenton, N. J., will defend his crown here probably May 25 in a 15-round fight with Enrique Bolanos of Mexico. Promoter Cal Eaton said tonight that he has a verbal agreement with the two boxers and that the May 25 date appears suitable to stage the match at Wrigley field. UHALT RELEASED SAN FRANCISCO. March 30 (A)- Release of veteran outfielder Bernard "Frenchy" Uhalt was an nounced today by the San Fran cisco baseball club. He has been offered a job as scout for the local Coast league club. in Y03D 10HE . . she Ala that SHirsoiU them oil! - -1 - 4 - CeDseir BDainiCss ads Bevos Win 3-0; Seals Top Sacs;: iua lips jraores; By The Associated Press The Pacific Coast league with 41,644 fana turning out for vaionui ciues. Portland's Beavers got off to Threatened complained he was "through" today to a clinic lor examination of his Bevens started against the St Louis Cardinals in today's exhi bition and lalted only one inning yielding all seven runs as the Cards won behind Murry Dick son's no-hitter, 7-0. The first ball I throw in the game was the finish,'' the six-foot-three Oregon native said. "The moment I put something ex tra on the pitch, pain shot from the shoulder down through the arm. "I can't pitch at all with this muchpain." Bevens, who hurled 8 hitless innings before losing the fourth game of the 1947 world series to Brooklyn, said he would ask per mission to visit either Dr. Robert F. Hyland in St. Louis or Dr. George E. Bennett at Johns Hop kins hospital. Dr. Sidney Gaynor, club physi cian, said he would have no com ment until further examination of Bevens' arm. 'Foxes Wallop Woodburn f9' SILVERTON, March SO -(Special)- Jerry Gastineau's Silverton high diamond crew launched the Willamette valley league season here today with a 12-0 triumph over Woodburn's Bulldogs. Wickham, Sattern and Schaan combined their mound efforts to hold the "Dogs to three hits while the Silvertons were getting 11 off Crockett. Wood burn 000 000 000 S Silverton 210 060 13 U 11 1 Crockett and Gay; Wickham, Sat tern (S), Schaap (7) and Roth. Seniors Snare Interclass Meet The Seniors walked off with top honors in the annual Salem high interclass track meet yester day. The three year men garnered 55 points nabbing six first places. Second were the Juniors with 34 Yt and the Sophs trailed with 304. Dodge of the winners was high points man with 11 4. Barnholdt, seniors, got 10 V and Chamber lain, seniors, nabbed 10. Softball Meet Tonight Beginning of another Softball season for Salem Is presaged in Tuesday's announcements of coming league meetings. First will be the Salem Softball asso ciation, headed by Charles Da vis, at the YMCA tonight at S o'clock. Bed 10 - Hen's Slacks Ci Pauls r So , k aeauie rteitett r opened its 46th camDaini Tuesday the curtain-raisers, all played in a fine start at Oakland as South them to at paw Roy Helser hurled 3-0 victory over the Oakland Oaks last night before 13,802. Helset permitted the Oaks but seven hits, and whiffed six, besides knocking in a pair of runs himselL Out fielder Mayo Smith homered for, the Portlands. ; The San Francisco Seals, fav ored to take the loop bunting this year, came through with a 7-4 win) over the Sacramento Solons, with) Jack Brewer going the route for the victors. The afternoon tilt wan witnessed by 13,376 fans, biggest turnout of the first day. Cecil Garriott's threerrun horn er in the eighth inning gave the Los Angeles Angels, j defending; champs, a 7-4 nod over the San Diego Padres before 7J852 custo mers. Hollywood's Stars lit on three Seattle Rainier hurlerj with a vengeance at Hollywood, slamming: out a 17-2 triumph. While Rugger Ardizoia was holding the Seattle to four hits, the Stars pounded out 15 blows including a pair ef homers by Outfielder Gus Zernial. Lou Novikoff homered for the losers. : , Portland J ;'). Oakland BHOA BHOA Ruckern 4 0 1 S Holder J 1 4 O Zak 4 0 a OCombsJ 4 I J 1 MmithJ 4 S 0 OChrcptiejn 4 1 S 0 Storey J 4 0 0 lScarsellaj 4 0 1 Mole.! 4 011 2Ettea.li 4 0 S S Reichj- S 1 S t SamcoftZ Sll uiKiu m a x m nimrKM a a m Ballnger.c 4 S RaimndLe S S I Helser j 4 11 3 W-Haley.p 441 Totals 33 1 27 It Portland Totals 34 7 27 IS 000 ISO 1013 000 141 3027 eoo ooo ooo o ; 112 It 0017 Hits Oakland Hits Runs Smith, Reich. MvClen. Error Zak. Combs, Hamrick. Runs batted, in Smith. Helser 2. Two base hits Samcofi. Reich. Home run Smith. Left on bases Portland 7, Oakland 10. Bases on balls off Heiser 3L Haley S, Struck out by Helser S. Wi Haiey o. Runs responsible - for Haiey 3. Cm. pires Engeln. Dor an. Cordon. Time of game 1:37. j San Francisco 300 201 010 7 IS 1 Sacramento 003 00O 1004 i Brewer and Howell; Salveson. Tost () Rippl (S) and Lombard! Seattle 000 110 000 S 4 Hollywood 428 003 60- 17 13 Bese. Srnder (3). Hedsetock 47) and Hemsiey, stumpf (9); Ardizoia Kahn. Cladd if). , j ; Los Angeles San Diego . Lynn. Powell 000 010 141 T 14 SJ 200 til 0004 T (7). LanCranconl ) and Ma lone; Seats. Rescieno (I). Clea son (I) and Rice. Camelli U)- Hill Meet Set PORTLAND. March 1 30 -CM The annual Hill Military acad emy sponsored track relays set for Friday now has entries from 32 schools in Washington - and Oregon. Among entries, in the Class A bracket are Salem. Ore.. Yakima, Wash., Vancouver, Wash, Franklin and Jefferson in Portland- ; CASED ALL HERE! PORTLAND vs. OAKLAND Toos. rke FrL Sorofdoy Seas' sy ...... MAS r. M. 2:15 P. M. I JO K M. DIAL 1C Virgin Wool 3 - I a mum